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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

FLOWERS ALONG ENTRANCE ROAD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO







GRAY-FRONTED DOVE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this dove as a Grey-fronted Dove by its bluish-gray crown, red lores, red bare skin around eyes, brownish upperparts, whitish underparts, black bill and red legs.
   The Grey-fronted Dove is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 532.



MALE YELLOW ORIOLE AT FEEDER & BIRD BATH, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a male Yellow Oriole by its generally yellow color; lores, throat, upper breast and tail black and wings black edged with white.
   The Yellow Oriole is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 531.








GREAT KISKADEE, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO



CRESTED OROPENDOLA, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a Crested Oropendola by its generally black color with chestnut undertail coverts and elsewhere, yellow at end of tail, long whitish bill and blue iris.
   The Crested Oropendola is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 530.






TEGU LIZARD, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO





TURQUOISE TANAGER, ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE, ARIMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

   We can ID this bird as a Turquoise Tanager by its mottled appearance of mainly blue and black with yellow underparts. 
   The Turquoise Tanager is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 529.